Recycling your Christmas tree

Saturday

Dec 29, 2012 at 12:01 AM

Christmas trees are highly flammable after they have been in your home during the holidays. That is why it is important to recycle them properly. Remove the tinsel and any bag you've wrapped it in and take your tree to these locations:

Christmas trees are highly flammable after they have been in your home during the holidays. That is why it is important to recycle them properly. Remove the tinsel and any bag you've wrapped it in and take your tree to these locations:

Barrett Township: Maintenance Department at 194 Sand Spring Road.

Chestnuthill Township: Transfer station located on Hillside Drive. Workers grind them into mulch, which is available for all residents.

Coolbaugh Township: Recycling/drop-off depot on Laurel Drive from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Coolbuagh has an inter-municipal agreement with Tobyhanna Township and Tunkhannock Township's for use of their recycling facility.

Delaware Water Gap Borough: Curbside for pickup on trash day.

Eldred Township: Maintenance building behind the township municipal building from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

East Stroudsburg Borough: Curbside recycling for three weeks immediately following Christmas. Additionally, the Department of Public Works crew will pick up and chip trees placed at the curb from 7:30 to 3 p.m. on Jan. 4, and Jan. 11.

Stroud Township: Until the first Friday in February at the township center, 1211 N. Fifth St., in the rear parking lot; PennDot maintenance yard, Route 447 in Analomink; Poplar Valley Firehouse, Poplar Valley Road, and the township maintenance year on Gaunt Road off Route 611, just north of the Stroud Mall.

Stroudsburg Borough: Curbside pickup on Jan. 3, 4, 5, 11, 12 and 13.

If your municipality does not have a Christmas tree recycling program, you may bring your tree to Scott Farms, Middle Smithfield Materials or Pocono Mulch.

Remember: Turn this year's Christmas wrapping, boxes, bows and tags into next year's supply by recycling. All paper is recyclable and should not be thrown in with your regular trash.